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Sidhagiri Museum
shri siddhagiri math kaneri math, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 416234, India
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Lo
Review №1

Awesome place to spend time.Deep insight of village life and our great personalities from ancient India . Cleanliness is maintained very well.But missed lots of things due to time shortage.Will like to visit again .....

Ma
Review №2

Glimpse of tradition & history explained in form of statue which looks real. Worth seeing it. Would recommend it.

Sa
Review №3

Good place to visit with family. Fun time spent . Need lot of time to hang out.

Ab
Review №4

Awesome place to visit with family or friends.There is a old Shiva temple and a museum showing old culture of maharashtra and India. At least 3 hours require to see all museum.Also there are many other things to entertain you, like 7D Movie, Ghost House, Mirror magic, and garden for kids.You can get free lunch everyday from 11.30pm to 2pm.

In
Review №5

Very informative and entertaining place.Shown ancient Indian culture through museum.....Required at least 4 hours to cover all the aspects.

Ka
Review №6

Get enthralled with the beauty of living in a village and living a life of peace .. with siddhigiri museum ..that depicts the village life and its every aspect possible via various sturctures created to suit every possible way of living in a village . The statues are created of plaster of Paris and have a the most realistic looking expression and the minutest detail possible presented with ease .. the best place to take your kids ... To tell them what living in a village is like and making them aware of the beauty of living without all the known modernization .. the pictures here are the depiction of true beauty ..Only thing remember to carry food ..Also its got entry charges.

Sa
Review №7

The museum is a worth visiting if you are in kolhapur!!Around 15 kms from kolhapur.Bus facilities are availableYou need 4- 5 hrs for visiting the entire area of siddhagiri.You have to spend rs.120 each for the museum.really telling its worth spending.

Su
Review №8

Best place for children.. Peace ful environmental.. Mahadev temple is mind-blowing. I love this place 🤩

Wa
Review №9

When I visited Kolhapur recently, I went to this awesome place. Museum situated 10 kms away from Kolhapur City. It is 4 kms away from ‘Pune-Banglore’ Express highway. In this museum you can watch many things about Indian history, culture and lifestyle. Advantage is that this museum is descriptive which helps you to understand. You will find statues with proper description.You can visit Siddhgiri Math and Shiva Temple which is very near from Museum. Really nice place. You will surely enjoy this place.

AM
Review №10

Beautiful place to see..explore enjoy....loved it .would like to visit again

Om
Review №11

Siddhahiri Museum is situated in outskirts of Kolhapur. It is approx 15 km from Mahalaxmi temple.Siddhahiri Museum is all about the Indian culture which is displayed with beautiful realistic statues.About Siddhahiri Museum: On the top it has ancient shiv temple and opposite to that there is huge shiv statue of Lord Shiva with nandi in front of it.Below to it there is room called Maya Mahal which is having various types of mirrors.Coming below to Maya Mahal there is museum which full of realistic statues explains about the old Indian culture. One needs to walk for approx 3km (2-3 hrs) to look all museum in detail. Entry fees is 120 for adult, 60 rs for children Above 5 years.Last is the 7d theater known as ghost house , children below 8 years are ,heart patient and pregnant ladies not allowed.I suggest one should must visit this place in Kolhapur

An
Review №12

Nice place, representing our culture and all caste. exploring our greatness before , in ayurveda and much more

Ku
Review №13

Great place in Kolhapur to hang out... Kaneri math...

De
Review №14

Best for new generation kiddos,This museum gives the knowledge of past generation.

ak
Review №15

Excellent Visit at least once

Ad
Review №16

Beautiful and well maintained place in kolhapurYou need a full day to see all the visuals insideThere is a restaurant ,shopping mall, ice cream shop, bhel puri stall, popcorn stalls insideThere is a park for kids to play and small train ,electric play toys as well

Di
Review №17

Very good presentation of traditional Indian culture from vedic days to modern days ,village life etcNo photographs banned here thanks for museum staff ,my request is not to touch any statue and do not go beyond any fences for selfi or pics..Time required :- Min 4 hoursBasically 4 palaces to visit in this place1) siddgiri museum. 120/- 60/- for kidds2) Prerana park. 50/- 30/-3) Booth Bangla. 40/-4)7D theater. 80/-5) Maya bazar 20/-Out of theses placesFirst visit Maya bazar ..its dedicated to kids and good place for then to enjoy with parents different types of mirrors and bhul bhulaya is here.Second visit Prerana park .its park dedicated to freedom fighter,very nice life size statues of netaji s Bose,Gandhijis dandi March ,Rabindranath tagore, and lot of other freedom fighters even we didnt knew.Visit to booth bangla ...its not for senior citizens even not babies, Its horrifying room by its sound. Very good sensors attached in entrance of every room, Enjoyd it..;-)Siddagiri museum ...its very good effort by Trust who made it possible ..its such a huge park u need to have lot of patience and interest to walk through these places more interesting thing in this park is its still adopting new culture setup undergoing,Its not possible for old age parents who have problem of knees or so ,Its very nice presentation of all vedic gurus in around 300 mtrs in the form of cave...very informative information about valmiki,vedavyasa,shusruta,yashodha,alchemist,Surgon etc.The best thing in this cave they have CC cams and emergency exists.After this cave a lot of other statues are there. In One Word a ENTIRE village is resituated there.you can observe every single details of ancient lifestyle..expressions of statues are too good , Its really a worth to watch place.For this please make a sufficient time..its not place of Quick visits.I have posted some images which have covered my reviews.

su
Review №18

Nice picnic place

Sh
Review №19

Wonderful place please visit with your family especially with children

De
Review №20

Nice places to spend time

Ha
Review №21

27 July 2017. They have life-like detailed models to show every aspect of rural life in India. A must visit. Entry price is ₹ 120 per adult and ₹ 60 per child.

sa
Review №22

Very good place ...must visit

SB
Review №23

Nice place for one day trip

Am
Review №24

Nice place, must visit, specially for kids to understand our culture

MA
Review №25

Nice place

Ab
Review №26

Good and clean place . Entry fees is ₹120 for adult. Also no photography is allowed inside

As
Review №27

Nice place must visit

Vi
Review №28

Some amazing sculptures, grt Indian history.

Tu
Review №29

The museum has been a home to almost all aspects of a quintessential Indian Village. All the traditional trades like farming, weaving, tailoring, fortune tellers, etc. are uniquely captured in the form of lively models. The other elements of village life like festivals, market are also vividly represented. This is a must visit place if you are affectionate about Indian culture !! Kids would also enjoy and learn a lot from the model village.

Vi
Review №30

Its a very good place to visit with family and kids. You can experience good old times from rural India here. Very well maintained.

Ma
Review №31

You can visit it if you have time. It consumes a lot of time apart from travel. The replicas of ancient times till modern life style of locals are good but too many. Entry charges are too much, as this is not a historical monument nor there any history attached

Sh
Review №32

New generation must visit here. They might not know how was the village life in past. About 40 years ago what things were important and available.

Sh
Review №33

The sculpture museum is huge and well maintained.

He
Review №34

Very good way of presenting cultural aspect. Makes easy to explain it to children. Something interesting for every age group. Keep 3 hr for visit.

pr
Review №35

Siddhagiri Gramjivan Museum (Kaneri Math) at Kaneri, Kolhapur district, Maharashtra, is a sculpture museum. The full name is Siddhagiri Gramjivan (Village life) Museum. It is situated at Shri Kshetra Siddhagiri Math, a campus built around the Moola-Kaadsiddheswar Shiva temple.The museum has an old shiva temple on the grounds. It is related to the  which nisargadatta belongs. It is believed that a shivaling was installed by a lingayat priest on a beautiful hill in the 14th century. About 500 years ago, a Lingayat Priest, Shree Kadsiddheshwar Maharaj, developed and renovated it, and hence the place is now known by his name. The temple includes a 125 feet (38 m)-deep well, a 42 feet (13 m) Shiva idol, and a large Nandi bull.This museum showcases different aspects of Gramjivan (village life). Gram means village and jivan means life in the Marathi language. This initiative was the dream of Mahatma Gandhi, and was created through the vision and efforts of Siddhagiri Gurukul Foundation. The history of self-sufficient village life in Maharshtra, before the invasion of the Mughals, is depicted in the form of cement sculptures. Each sculpture is lifelike and represents activities performed in daily village life. There were 12 Balutedars (essentially artisan castes), and 18 Alutedars who provided equipment to carry out domestic and professional tasks.The museum is spread over 7 acres (28,000 m2), and the surrounding countryside is beautiful, with lush greenery. Every aspect of village life has been depicted in almost 80 scenes that showcase more than 300 statuesThe scenes of village life include:Village priest’s abode. The first scene is the house of a highly educated village priest. He performs his duties, rites and rituals like weddings and thread ceremonies, and is tasked to find auspicious days and times for any major activity such as house-building and house-warming activities, digging wells, sowing seeds, piercing nose or ears. He earns his livelihood from Dakshina (donations) he receives. He consults the Panchaang (almanac) for finding auspicious dates.Goldsmith at workIronsmith shoeing a bullockBarber shopVillage well - villagers fetching water from the public well.Nursing an elder family memberGrocer’s shop - a woman visiting the grocery shop with her son. The shop-keeper is weighing items in an old weighing machine. Items like jaggery, sugar, chillies, salt, wheat, and rice are stocked. The son is asking his mother to buy kites for him.Farmer’s wada (house)House of VaidyaGrandma stitching a godhadi (quilt)Farmers ploughing his farm using a bullock-drawn plowShepherd boy with his herd of sheepVillagers performing Bhajan and Kirtan

Th
Review №36

Coolest and artistic museum I have ever been. It takes you through every lifestyle of village location. It takes around 2-3 hours to visit the complete museum. Photography is strictly prohibited there.100 ₹ is entry fees.

Dr
Review №37

Beautiful miniature village, ghost house,7d movie all n all wonderful family place.

sw
Review №38

Tradition culture museum. Nice place to visit with childrens.

Ak
Review №39

Some incredible work inside. Watch it for yourself. Not gonna reveal anything. You got to be here if youre in Kolhapur. 😉

An
Review №40

The efforts they took to built this place are totally worth appreciating.. Good work u people😎👍..must to go place atleast once to visit this museum the creative work with so much detailing is worth seeing and specially a good place to take your kids out to spend some quality time seeing those old days lifestyle of the villagers...And a great nostalgia hit to elder people visiting this place..the excites you very much seeing the creativity and those statues but later it goes quite boring because its too much to see and frankly u jst cant handle seeing so many statues at one place.. Be quick while visiting orelse it gets very boring..its a huge place it takes a lot of time to completely see this place so it gets quite boring if u r not fast.. Dats my personal opinion i felt a lot boring and was almost running to get out of that place.. Now its upto you..😋😄😉👍😎

Vi
Review №41

Study of villages and there businesses made for improvement and know what we areExcellent place to everyone visit once in life

Jy
Review №42

Superb place...very well done well maintained...excellent place for a day visit

SW
Review №43

Kanehri math is one of the osm place in kohlapur to visit again and again. Love This Place.

Ra
Review №44

Nice place to see. It reminds us of our childhood.

Pr
Review №45

Amazing sculptures.. Complete information about the cultural heritage of India.. Also realistic depiction of the actual village life..

Su
Review №46

Very costly

Sh
Review №47

Nice place to visit . It takes 5 to 6 hours to explore this place completely.. It has setup village life and Indian acient culture using structure.

Ni
Review №48

Such museum is not there in whole Maharashtra. It describes all our history.

Su
Review №49

A must watch place in Maharashtra. Ilustrates the culture of India and truely a place to take our kids to see what is India

An
Review №50

Beautiful place I like it most in kolhapur

Sa
Review №51

How Rishis developed ancient science eg Atom by Anuwak Rishi is amazing.All inventions can possibly correlated to modern science.Great Visit

ka
Review №52

Need Complete day to chill out here Good place

So
Review №53

The best palce to visit with family and kids

Me
Review №54

Superb place to visit one of the best place an artistic museum an good 7D theater and great work well maintened

Pe
Review №55

Best place to know Historical India

Sw
Review №56

Excellent museum, please spend some time to relive the past.

As
Review №57

Awesome place with ancient idols, scenic location

dh
Review №58

Best place in kolhapur maharastra for visit...The Museum shows the village life of ancient times.The Viilager performs the Roles of Farm , Kirtan-Bhajans And more..It is best place for visiting...

Sa
Review №59

Best placeWorth of moneyEnjoying

Pa
Review №60

Very good. Place

Su
Review №61

Pieceful & calm place which will help you maintain mind power

Pr
Review №62

Best place for one day picnic to enjoy with family .

ga
Review №63

Best place to spend time with family

Pr
Review №64

Nice place for 1 day picnic, for childrens its awesome

VA
Review №65

Excellent Place, One time visit

At
Review №66

This is very nice place & very very beautiful

Di
Review №67

Best musium in india if u go to kolhapur dont miss that place awesome place

Yo
Review №68

The best human size characters park in india

Sh
Review №69

Awesome place to experince how village life was in the past..

Ra
Review №70

Its too awesome evrything looks gr8

Su
Review №71

Best place to see in kolhapur. Best view of ancient indian lifestyle.

Pr
Review №72

This is the one of theplaces where we can discover true indian lifestyle again

Ak
Review №73

It should not be a forced exit after entering..there should be option to come out at wil

ja
Review №74

Was awesome place.... My kids enjoyed a lot

Dn
Review №75

Nice place for family trip

UT
Review №76

Very good place for enjoy.

Ba
Review №77

Village folk life has come live to experience!

Vi
Review №78

Its really awesomemust see n enjoy

pr
Review №79

Prakash powar lingnoor (kapashi)

Ra
Review №80

Very good place and good art

Hi
Review №81

Awesome place. Must visit when visiting kolhapur.

De
Review №82

Ok ok

ra
Review №83

Very nice art

Om
Review №84

Very nice museam

Su
Review №85

Entry fee is 120, still under construction or extention, many existing statues required maintenance, feel monotonous as same concept through out the entire park, other facilities are not good.

Go
Review №86

Knowledgeable for Youngs.

Av
Review №87

Very good place

Bh
Review №88

Nice place to enjoy

Vi
Review №89

Nice place to visit

Ne
Review №90

Great place

Di
Review №91

Very very nice place

RA
Review №92

Good for kids

Um
Review №93

Nice place

ma
Review №94

Totally indian culture are shown

Sa
Review №95

I loved this place

Ra
Review №96

Good for children

ka
Review №97

Nice place

Ke
Review №98

I m proud of my village

Ma
Review №99

Very nice

Sa
Review №100

Excellent 👌

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  • Address:shri siddhagiri math kaneri math, Kolhapur, Maharashtra 416234, India
  • Site:https://www.kolhapurtourism.org/our-destination/siddhagiri-museum/
  • Phone:+91 231 268 4113
Categories
  • Tourist attraction
  • Museum
Working hours
  • Monday:9AM–6AM
  • Tuesday:9AM–6AM
  • Wednesday:9AM–6AM
  • Thursday:9AM–6AM
  • Friday:9AM–6AM
  • Saturday:9AM–6AM
  • Sunday:9AM–6AM
Amenities
  • Good for kids:Yes
  • Restaurant:Yes
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